14 November 2019: In his opinion piece in the Forbes, Wal van Lierop’s, the President & CEO at Chrysalix Venture Capital argues that governments subsidies towards the fossil fuel sector
More than 100 years ago, British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou explained how to tax things like pollution. His insight on how to deal with negative externalities of industry activities is
28 October 2019: Experts from adelphi, Climate Focus, and Perspectives Climate Group, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Security have studied a number
This paper applies insights from behavioural economics literature to design options in climate policy to make suggestions on how to create and pass effective climate regulation. The paper makes three
31 October 2019: The government of the Canadian province of Alberta unveiled the details of its planned Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER). The regulation will put a price
31 October 2019: Last week, in response to the results of the Canadian federal election, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs announced he would look at options for implementing a carbon price in
Lecuyer and Quirion (2019) examine the interactions between a CO2 emissions trading system (ETS) and renewable energy subsidies under uncertainty over electricity demand and energy costs. They find that when
The Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition held a stakeholder dialogue entitled Accelerating Ambitious Carbon Pricing at the UN Climate Action Summit to discuss and highlight concrete actions needed for governments, private
As many as 66 carbon pricing policies (including both taxes and emissions trading systems) have been adopted by polities with varying levels of development and diverse political systems. Although the
A series of articles in policy options politiques take a closer look at the approach towards carbon pricing in several provinces of Canada. In British Columbia, the carbon tax was
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